Crystal Harris

"I called it off because I didn't think it was the right thing for me to do."- Crystal Harris

Crystal Harris has everything Playboy founder Hugh Hefner looks for in a woman: blond hair, a generous chest and a willingness to pretend that age is not an issue -- until now. The current Playboy cover girl just ended her engagement to the 85-year-old media mogul, despite plans to wed on Saturday.

SEX APPEAL

If you had to imagine the archetypal Playboy Playmate, Crystal Harris would be it. It doesn't matter if her hair is naturally blond or if her breasts are genetically meant to be size 34D. What matters is the illusion of a Malibu Barbie in human form, and Harris embodies this completely. The 25-year-old beauty is symmetry on acid with a spray tan -- just the way Hef likes it.

SUCCESS

A lot of women have dated Hugh Hefner to get famous, but no one has upped her star factor by dumping him so royally as Crystal Harris. With just days to go before she was supposed to tie the knot with the 85-year-old media mogul, Harris called off the wedding, despite already gracing the July issue of Playboy with the words "Mrs. Crystal Hefner" across the cover. Hefner responded by slapping "Runaway Bride Inside" stickers on every copy destined for newsstands near you, but the joke is clearly on Hef. It turns out even the world's most infamous playboy can turn into a cuckold (rumors have already started claiming Crystal cheated). As for Crystal Harris, she's already concentrating on her burgeoning music career.

Crystal Harris Biography

Crystal Harris was born on April 29, 1986, in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, the youngest of three sisters to British parents who worked in an England-themed amusement park. Although the Harris family returned to England after Crystal was born, they eventually moved back to the United States, settling in San Diego, California, where Crystal grew up with her sisters.

crystal harris and playboy

Crystal Harris went to La Jolla High School and then San Diego State University, where she majored in psychology. While attending university, Harris started modeling and eventually caught the attention of the Playboy enterprise. In January of 2009, she began dating Hugh Hefner, along with the Shannon Twins, after Holly Madison left the aging media mogul because he was non-committal.

crystal harris gets engaged to hugh hefner

By December of 2009, Crystal was the Playboy centerfold, and by January of 2010, Hefner asked the Shannon Twins to move out of the Playboy Mansion and into the neighboring Playmate House in order to be exclusive with Crystal. On Christmas Eve of 2010, Hefner proposed to the blond bombshell, despite a 60-year age difference.

crystal harris calls off the wedding

On June 14, 2011, just five days before her wedding to Hugh Hefner, Crystal Harris called off the wedding, despite already gracing the July cover of Playboy magazine with the words "Mrs. Crystal Hefner" across the cover. Hefner responded by slapping "Runaway Bride Inside" stickers on all the copies destined for newsstands.

"I called it off because I didn't think it was the right thing for me to do," Harris told Ryan Seacrest during his radio show. "It was mutual between Hef and I. There was no fight. We sat down, and we talked about it... For a while I've been having second thoughts about everything. I haven't really been at peace with myself lately. I didn't think it was really fair to him…They were gonna air a show on it. It was all happening too fast for me."

crystal harris' music career

Rumors are circulating that Crystal Harris planned the breakup as a publicity stunt -- she released her first single "Club Queen" the same day as she announced her split from Hefner. Throw in the fact that she allegedly approached different publications asking for a $500,000 media deal to leave Hefner at the altar and then give an exclusive interview about humiliating the Playboy founder, and things aren't looking so good for the 85-year-old Hef. After years of sleeping with almost anything that walks and donning a silk bathrobe, the former world's biggest playboy has been reduced to an old, pathetic man with a publicity-mad ex.